- Humming
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- Nov 07, 2020
Music Quotes
Quotes on music and creative calling.
These quotes describe music as near-constant background for some, and as a true calling for others - one line simply states a feeling of being destined for it. A few discuss resisting one narrow sound in favor of exploring many styles. Related reading includes Funny Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Expression
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.
- Bottom Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dealing with those personalities and the people who run this music thing has been most challenging. It's hard to really communicate things to people who run a business yet forget the nature of the business. They only look at the bottom line and the financial return, you know, they forget what it is they're packaging. It's art.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight; it's the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
For people who love Tribe, I'm the defector. They say, 'You should get back with Ali to do the beats.' But a lot of people don't realize I did all the music in Tribe. In the first three albums, I did all the beats!
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work is entertainment, and I look at what entertains people, whether it's a selfie video or a music video.
- Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a rapper, you sort of act in music videos and in the persona you adopt onstage. You kinda have to put yourself out there and be courageous even to be a rapper. So, to step into acting was not that difficult a transition to make.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think as far as the music industry is concerned, it's kind of been the wild, wild West in a way with the Internet, which is not necessarily a bad thing to me.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020